Smith, Marcell Nelson, 1854- [from old catalog] · Boston, Mass., Printed for Smith Patterson company by Griffith-Stillings press · leaf 23
ing stripped and then placed in a detentionroom provided only with a blanket. Here theyare kept for a period of five to seven days, sothat even if the men swallow diamonds it isimpossible for them to escape with their treas-ures. Finally they are given their old clothes,which have been kept in… … DIAMONDS 17 from the mines the blueground is conveyed tot]iQ floors — large flat areas — where it isle ftfrom three to six months, or more, to soften.These floors are very large, those of the DeBeersand Kimberley mines covering two thousandacres. The blueground on the floors is har-rowed by steam…
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